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CHAPTER III
HAUNTS OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRADER
WE are fully conscious of the responsibility
we undertake in making the truths in this
book known.
We are also fully
convinced that the
revelations will stir the hearts and minds
of all the people of this country, and we
hope and believe that the Press a great,
if not the greatest, weapon against darkness
will
work,
enlighten
and that
the
the
nation regarding this
Government will be
urged to initiate much-needed reforms, and
pass new laws relating to the white slave
traffic, especially in the East.
It is not unlikely the Government will
give the stereotyped reply kept
such occasions, this being that :
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" The Government of India, of Burma,
of the Straits Settlements, of the Federated
Malay States (including Singapore),
of Hong-Kong and the Eastern Treaty
Ports, enforce a strict prohibition against
British women of ill-fame plying their
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